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Agree... and despite the fact I started a thread about his legacy, I hope we can stop using him as a constant reference point when posting.

No offence, but I would have thought that every single person attending the service would be united in their grief?

Does the "P" in P-Man stand for Pessimism? ;-) I think our midfield will do a lot better than we give them credit for.

Don't tell me he's now jumping on McDonald as a cause célèbre.

FB: Bartram - Frawley - Garland HB: Grimes - Rivers - Bennell C: Jones - Trengove - Bate HF:Petterd - Watts - Howe FF: Green - Clark - Davey R: Jamar - Moloney - Magner I: Martin - Bail - Dunn S: McKenzie E: Tapscott - Blease - Sellar Nield has played Bennell every NAB Cup game and he was not playing for Casey on Saturday evening, so I think we can safely assume he will be a starter on Saturday. I think Tappy and Blease will get one more run at Casey before coming in unless it's decided that Grimes needs a bit longer, in which case one of them will go straight into the back line. For me it's a toss up between Dunn and Sellar as to who will be the emergency, but I feel Dunn may get the nod and go onto the Interchange bench.

Nice to see the following tagged onto the end of the article about the possibility of a Jim Stynes series between Melbourne and Dublin. http://www.smh.com.a...0324-1vrbj.html

Thanks for your efforts DD...much appreciated!

dees best and fairest? - Green (Brad will bounce back from being relieved of the captaincy, in the best possible way) dees best 1st year player? - Magner goals clark will kick? - 54 games jurrah will play? - 11 dees surprise of the year? - Bennell reported for rough play premiers? - Hawthorn first coach to get sacked? - Guy McKennea biggest off field controversy? - GWS rorting the system games won by gws? - 0

Quite likely the case...but my post was in response to a comment regarding the numbers turning up at the game.

Unfortunately I'm pretty certain I heard something on the news last night (wasn't paying close attention), where they were saying 35,000 tickets had already been sold and they were hoping for 40,000 at the Swans v GWS game

Go here in the Highwayman thread (post #9):

Actually, I often tip against them in order to increase their chances of winning.

I think Petterd should be afforded that honour.

Just the once... you are in Demonland/Demonology as well? :-)

Just tweeted... Jim Stynes Achievement Scholarships for Young Australians: http://www.katelundy...ng-australians/ 37 scholarships will be available each year (in honour of the number 37 jumper Jimmy held up when he set out on his battle against cancer) "The Gillard Government will provide $3 million to establish the Jim Stynes Achievement Scholarships. As a partner in the program, the AFL will provide an annual contribution of $150,000 a year for the next five years. The scholarships will be administered by Reach and the AFL in partnership with the Government."

I wonder how many of those number 11 jumpers have been sold in the past few days... also wonder if there will be a special commemorative jumper made available with the express aim of raising further funds for Reach - a green one would be a nice touch.

Beer loses its head, Curry repeats.

Paul "Fatty" Vautin just gave a very brief tribute to Jim on the NRL Footy Show here in Sydney. He mentioned he had been a guest of the MFC at a luncheon and Jim was the perfect gentleman and looked after him very well. A very respectful audience and panel, all applauded. A nice touch for what is usually a very parochial NRL show.

How about you do it the way you see fit, and others be entitled to be outraged in the way they see fit without being labelled apathetic?

Ok, joined up as hardtack52

OD... note that he said "...win at least 4 out of the first 5 winnable games" - for some on here, that could mean by round 24, in which case membership numbers won't be affected ;-)

Top 30 picks? 18 teams competing for those picks? I would have thought that recruiters from the mid to top tier teams are going to be pretty much up against it from the outset.

That's why no-one discusses it here ;-)

Well someone better tell him that... his twitter account is JamesMagner.

How is that so? BarrassHarrass posted on the 21st March that figures were 27,868.